Cabinet for laces, trimmings, &amp;c.



No. 893,988. I PATENTED JULY 21,1908. Y

J. A. GHILSTROM.

CABINET FOR LAGES, TRIMMINGS, ne.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 190'?.

l/l 4 Y f v f r JOHN ARTHUR CIIILSTROM, OF WINTI-IROP, MINNESOTA.

CABINET FOR LACES, TRIMMINGS, 85e.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Application filed May 22, 1907. Serial No. 375,156.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ARTHUR CHIL- sTRoM, of Winthrop, in the countyof Sibley and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cabinets for Laces, Trimmings, &c.; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cabinets for laces, trimmings orembroideries, the obj ect of the invention being to so.

construct such a cabinet that it shall be sectional and adapted tocontain allsizes of stock.

A further object is to provide a cabinet of the character above statedin which the stock can be arranged in regular order; so that it can bereadily adapted for stock of various sizes and so Vthat the goods can bereadily placed therein and easily removed therefrom.

A further object is to produce a cabinet for laces, &c., which shall besimple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and neat 1n appearance.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter setforth and pointed out in the claims. i

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinetshowing an embodiment of my improvements; Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view through two sections of the cabinet; Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view through one drawer; Figs. 4 and 5 arefragmentary views illustrating the guideways 5 and 7 Fig. 6 is aperspective view of one of the cores or tins on which the goods iswound, and Fig. 7 is a sectional view of said core or tin.

1 represents a cabinet, comprising several sections 2, placed one uponanother and each containing a drawer 3 which can be -withdrawn fromeither side of the cabinet,

and each end of each drawer is provided with a glass panel 4, throughwhich the goods can be viewed. Each drawer is provided interiorly alongits respective sides with a number of guide-ways 5 for the rece tion ofthe cores or tins (hereinafter descri ed) on which the goods is wound.These guideways 5 may be conveniently made by means of saw kerfs in thelower thickened portions of the sides of the drawer. Each 4drawer may bedivided into any desired number of compartments by means oflongitudinally disposed movable partitions 6, and each partition may beconveniently made of wood and provided in each face with a series oftransverse saw-kerfs, which when the partition is in place will bedisposed vertically and constitute guide-ways 7 to aline with theguide-ways 5 in the side of the drawer or with similar guide-ways 7 inanother partition. contain a single row of laces or it maybe divided bymeans of the partitions to contain two, three or four rows. The drawersmay be made of any desired length, but I prefer to make them ofy suchsize that they will accommodate about twenty-three pieces of goods in arow.

The cores 8 on which the goods are wound are preferably made of sheetmetal, such as tin, and readily enter the saw-kerf guideways in thesides of the. drawer and the partitions. Each core or tin is provided atits respective ends with depending lugs 9 which rest upon the bottom ofthe drawer, and between these lugs, the metal of the core is turned uponitself as shown at 9a to protect the lace wound on the core. The upperedge of the core is provided at each end thereof, with integralextensions which are bent into triangular form and constitute holders 10for cards 12 of celluloid or other material, and these cards are held inplace by means of clips or covers 13 having holes 14 through which dataon said cards can be viewed. On one of the cards 12 the price of thegoods may be written and the other card may have written or printedthereon, the number of the piece of goods on the core. These numberswill be made to correspond with those in a sample book so that a clerkin making a sale to a purchaser from the sample book, can readily andquickly locate the piece desired in the cabinet.

The metal of the core between the holders 10 is bent upon itself asshown at 15 to protect the tap on the core.

Slight changes might be made in the details of construction of myinvention and also in the kind of material which may be Thus a drawermay be arranged to employed without delparting from the spirit of theinvention or lmiting its sco e, and hence l do not wish to restrict mysef to the precise details of construction nor to any particular kind ofmaterial.

Having fully described my invention what l claim as new and desire tosecure byLetters- Patent, is-

l. Means for holding laces and the like, comprising a core pieceprovided with a labe holder forming a permanent part thereof, said labelholder disposed above the upper edge of the core piece and at an angleto the side faces thereof, and means for supporting the core piece inposition to expose the label holder.

2. Means for holding laces andthe like, com rising a flat core pieceprovided with two label holders to receive labels containing dataindicating the price of the goods and the number of the piece of goodson the core, said label holders being disposed parallel with the upperedge of the core and at right angles to the sides of the core, and meansfor su porting said core in position to exposel both abels.

3. Means for holding laces and the like, comprising a sheet metal corepiece, having the metal bent upon itself at its upper and lower edges,and having portions projecting above and below the top and bottom edgesrespectively, at the ends of the core iece.

4. Means for holding laces and t e like, comprising a -flat core piece,iiXed label holders projecting above the upper edge of the core piece atrespective ends thereof, said label holders being disposed parallel withsaid upper edge of the core and at right angles to the sides of thelatter, and lugs projecting downwardly from the lower edge of 40 thecore vpiece at respective ends thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN ARTHUR CHILSTROM. Witnesses:

A. L. OLsoN, W. E. OLsoN.

